Why Join Us?
Through our strong relationships with health and care, we're here to help address local issues that matter to local providers. Here's how:
- Always with you: whatever you're going through, we're here and we will try to help.
- Representation: we rally around the issues that matter most to our members and use our relationships across the sector to help improve things.
- Strength in numbers: our growing membership means that when we campaign for providers, people listen and change happens.
- Negotiation: our united voice means we have collective negotiating opportunities and the chance to influence system change and improvement.
- Information & Insights: our regional and national connections mean we can learn from others to improve what happens here.
- Connection and influence: we ensure your voice is heard nationally too; we are members of the South East Social Care Alliance (SESCA) and several national trade bodies.
Member Benefits
Help & Advice
You can contact us any time about any problem you have. We're here to help, signpost, and advocate for our members.
Our members get filtered, up-to-date information when there are changes in the sector or need to know updates from local authorities, health, regulators, national bodies or the Government.
Provider Networks
We hold regular provider forums where we bring our members together with key senior members from the Local Authority, CQC, ICB, and NHS to share issues and problem-solve.
We move around the region to ensure we can have face-to-face network meetings. We also offer online sessions.
Celebration
Work with someone brilliant who you'd like to recognise?
Our Members can apply for our Care Awards and come to our glitzy awards night, celebrating the special people who make a massive difference to the people they care for.
Events
Our members get access to events, including two annual conferences and our annual awards night. We invite speakers from across the sector, offer informal training, and run workshops with our members.
Social Community
Members can opt to join our Whatsapp group which offers peer-to-peer support, advice, and information-sharing. This is one channel we use to communicate and engage with our members; it also allows us to spot trends and see in real-time where help is needed.
Training and Development
We offer a range of informal training and development sessions orientated around your learning needs and interests.
Members also have the opportunity to meet our Patrons who offer expertise in the health and social care space.
Projects
We deliver a range of projects from the Association that benefit our members. Recent projects include the Data Protection Security Toolkit (DSPT) and digital care record funding project.
Advocacy and Campaigning
We play a vital role in campaigning and advocating for our members by raising awareness about critical issues in the care sector, such as funding, workforce conditions, and access to services. Through strategic lobbying, collaboration with policymakers, and public engagement, we ensure the voices of caregivers are heard to improve care standards, and influence positive change in health and care policies and practices.
What Membership Package is Right for Me?
We want our membership to be accessible to as many people as possible, which is why we offer a range of tailored membership offers.
You can join us as:
An Individual Membership
This is the most cost effective way to join and is for smaller organisations.
With this package you get membership access for one person, from one service.
A Joint Membership
If you want to have more than one staff member from a team or service access our member benefits, this could be the package for you. This membership allows one service access for up to three members. All three registered members will have access to our membership benefits.
A Group Membership
If you work for a large Group or Franchise (running services from 4+ sites/locations) this package is for you. Your organisation can sign up as a member, get four membership spots and then add additional users across your sites.
Additional Members
Once your organisation has signed up as a member, you have the option to add additional users. Additional users might be used when a small/single site signs up and they want two users, rather than three. Additional users may also come in handy for large groups who want member access across their services/locations.
